8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receivesthem,aof whom it is witnessed that he lives.
9 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak,
10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Need for a New Priesthood
11aTherefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need wasthere that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law.
13 For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has1 officiated at the altar.
14 For itis evident that aour Lord arose from bJudah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning1 priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest
16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.
17 For1 He testifies: a“You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of aits weakness and unprofitableness,
19 for athe law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, thereisthe bringing in of ba better hope, through which cwe draw near to God.
Greatness of the New Priest
20 And inasmuch as Hewas not madepriest without an oath
21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: a“The Lord has sworn And will not relent, ‘You are a priest1 forever According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),
22 by so much more Jesus has become a1 surety of a abetter covenant.
23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.
24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.
Hebrews 7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. All Israel, kings and priests, though yet unborn, were represented in Abraham. Hence Levi paid tithes, and thus confessed the superiority of the priesthood of Melchizedek.
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